Kamuela Kirk vs.
Esteban Ribovics
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
What the numbers say.
Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.
Who did they actually beat?
Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.
Kamuela Kirk
Full career not yet synced for Kamuela Kirk — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500
Esteban Ribovics
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 18 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kamuela Kirk
Distance 94.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)
Esteban Ribovics
Distance 96.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kamuela Kirk
Head 71.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 11.2% (norm 7.8%)
Esteban Ribovics
Head 85.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Kirk L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Ribovics L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 96 / 212 | 45.3% | 40.9% | 576 / 1370 | 42.0% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 25 / 34 | 73.5% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 58 / 161 | 36.0% | 37.2% | 460 / 1218 | 37.8% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 26 / 38 | 68.4% | 68.2% | 101 / 140 | 72.1% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 22 / 25 | 88.0% | 80.7% | 54 / 65 | 83.1% | 81.9% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Kirk L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Ribovics L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 134 / 282 | 47.5% | 39.2% | 464 / 1040 | 44.6% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 12 / 15 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 21 / 32 | 65.6% | 69.4% | 16 / 18 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 130 / 278 | 46.8% | 35.9% | 361 / 906 | 39.8% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 30 / 43 | 69.8% | 67.9% | 97 / 133 | 72.9% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 35 / 36 | 97.2% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Ribovics has more cage time on record.